Is Pornhub blocked in New Hampshire?
No. New Hampshire has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.
New Hampshire has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. SB 648, which would have required ID checks on porn sites, passed the Senate in March 2026, but the House voted it inexpedient to legislate on May 14, 2026. Pornhub is available in New Hampshire without a new age check.
The rules
Is Pornhub available in New Hampshire?
No age-verification law applies in New Hampshire, and Pornhub serves it without a new age check. New Hampshire is not on PCMag's June 2026 list of places where Pornhub blocks visitors.
Is porn banned in New Hampshire?
No. New Hampshire doesn't ban porn and has no age-verification law for porn sites.
Is there an age-verification law in New Hampshire?
No. New Hampshire has no law requiring porn sites to verify visitors' ages.
Is it illegal to watch porn in New Hampshire?
No. New Hampshire has no age-verification law for porn sites, and watching legal adult content is not a crime there.
Separate state and federal laws on obscenity and child sexual abuse material apply everywhere, whatever a state's age-verification rules.
Bills to watch
- SB 648. As passed by the Senate (amendment 2026-1235s): sites where more than half of the content is pornographic would have to verify that users are 18 or older through a third-party ID check or another reasonable method, keep no identifying data, and post a landing-page notice; attorney general enforcement with civil penalties up to $25,000 per violation and $50,000 per knowing data-retention violation; effective 2027-01-01. The introduced version used a one-third threshold and also let parents sue for up to $10,000 per violation. Failed. The Senate rejected the Judiciary Committee's interim-study recommendation and passed the bill as amended by voice vote (2026-03-26); the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee recommended inexpedient to legislate 15-0 (2026-04-29); the House voted inexpedient to legislate by voice vote (2026-05-14).
- HB 1658. Parental consent and age verification for app stores (digital application platforms). Failed: House voted inexpedient to legislate by voice vote 2026-03-11 (committee vote 13-0).
Related laws
- HB 1460 (2026), Chapter 168 (effective Jan 1, 2027). Prohibits the sale of a child's personal data. Not an age-verification law. enacted, not yet in effect (signed 2026-06-19)
Sources
- SB 648 (2026) official docket, New Hampshire General Court (gc.nh.gov) Legislature · accessed Oct 26, 2026
- SB 648 (2026) text as amended by the Senate (2026-1235s), New Hampshire General Court (gc.nh.gov) Legislature · accessed Oct 26, 2026
- HB 1658 (2026) official docket, New Hampshire General Court (gc.nh.gov) Legislature · accessed Oct 26, 2026
- HB 1460 (2026) official docket, New Hampshire General Court (gc.nh.gov) Legislature · accessed Oct 26, 2026
- Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech) (tech.yahoo.com) News · Jun 12, 2026
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